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Wfiite Or AI 1UKNJ : ' ' L_' .' ' i ??| s ,i ; . . ?~ VOL. Ill?NO. 21. ' , 1T I ?* N. A. A colored child rei^ reinstafee Sweeping Victory at Toms Hiv er , N. J. School Attributed to N* A. A. C. P. COMMISSIONER DECIDES Victory Oecisive Plow to Segre gat ion of Pupils in New Jersey, Probably Elsewhere ' J New York, July.1?A sweeping vie ?tory. in the -Toms River, N. 1,. srhnn segregation case has been won by th* c National Association for tHe Ah vancement of Colored People result in? in an order .by John H. Logan, Stat "Commissioner of Education for- Nov Jersey, reinstatihg the. colored pu pils in the school from which the] had beeh barred because of their col orr^-Thfr victory is a decisive blow -a school segregation in the State o New Jersey and will probably hnv a profound effect 'in similar cases a rising< in Northern States. . The order of Commissioner Logn; was in response to proceeding, by -tin . N. A. A.-C. E. through Att urney En ? -gene-R. Hayne, who carried the can -01 the colored Children , both hufun the State. Supreme Court and be for the Commissioner of Educatfbn, Com missioner Logan in his order heh that the Rover "Township Board o Education had barred the -r.hildi'ei from the school and moved them t< another building, solely because o their color, such-action being ago ins the law of New Jorsey. His decisioi stated: f'That ultimately, however the placing of children in. such sehon ?was1, determined upon o color has? ' is evident from the fact that not onJ; t"he appellants but other Negro pu pils were sent there, that no whit cnudren were ever placed anion; ~"them, and no*' characteristics olhe than color were proved to be peculrtt to appellants and in no . way. share! by the pupils who were, .left in-th Toms River School so a? to justif; the exolusion of such appellants o-i other-groundsr? ??-?-? SUPT. SCHIFLET TTODRKSSEt SUMMER SCHOOL AT STATE' COLLEGE Orangeburg, S. C.?One of the in teresting things closing the first woe of the State College Summer Schoc was an address by W, 7L*Schifle> State Superintendent - for Ncgr Schools to more than three hundrei teachers enrolled. x The State Superintendent was in troduced by Professor Howard Gregp Director of the Summer School, wh ~ in' presenting him told of the im provement^.-South Carolina Was be ginning tOTfnake in Public School Eel ucation since Superintendent Schif ley's entrance into of^ce, ' Superintendent Sqhifley in his ad . dress to the teachers emphasized th tinnneeHtr r\f ' 1 . lUKvuuivjr uj. vu-ujjti una - nar work to bring the Negrq^ schools jx par with other schools, and also tol *of, his efforts to see to it that no county ill the State be without Rosenwald School within - the nex few-year*^? He explained thisTcoxrt be- done if the teachers would ? ; back to their respective communjtie and have their pupils earn and -giv t one dollar per pupil per ye.tr to war<|s building improvements. __ A Another interesting bit of inforraa B tion brought by Superintendent Schif ley in directing questions to the tea nber-R in Uu? nudiewor t hnt- pr+n ^LticaUy-avery county ?ip th^ state fer ^Mrepresentattve attending "the sum Brer school herr ^his address l> ^Superintendent S?hifl'ey is just-pn ^^he~?ew that the Summer. Teacher Be to hear^Xrnm authorities in dill Bmt fields of endeavor., Kr '"a| IK'-' * ' ' ' ' ' r* . w i.rsa-j i _____ urcnes Chai EY REP01 Mm m w vmi ? * ??r? ^ Inctianapoli 1S28GGNV ? ?Ov. VOl \C SENDS INVITATION " : .v r" ' . ?' ' * ' ' "omnul'-oc on Time* arm!" IMirce. . . , ('bosses''California "as IMaro M? of Novt Meet . . j ^ ' ^ ."VENES NEXT SPKINGj2 Flavor Cryor as Well as"-Cham- : v ^1) r oi C\.:nmtMTe Join in Invitation Indianapolis, 27?Thie^ Com-] M mittee . ort Time anil Place for the ''' f | next 'Annual C< nference of the Na- > c | 1 !ch.'.l A'>-{"< :;> h.ji. for the Adenine- 1 - | meut of Colored People, headed by. ( ; f>r, George \\\ Lucas of Now.Orleans,; i "flay y.nnoeireejl they had chosen I.os b ! Angeles. .;;s_the meeting place for the -r i]?t!i Anrrrht! Conference tjf t'r.e AsB j . 'delation mat spring. : K. L'j^ Til- Ci ,v,n>;ttrir l iok itaction?in?e j response not only to jnVita'tion from -i he Los AnVelcs Ilsanch of the As[J [ sdcialion, hiit from Governor C. ('. " f~j "Young of C'alifovnia,-- ALtyjur George ' i Crju#/ of. Los Angeles' and- the'f * s* ' i o- Los Angeles Cnamher of Coipmeree f -lis. well. . I I t <h'n?m >r Yi?cnvp?Vr,'telCKTApi-t?i the' i J National -Assot lalion for . the Ail- . , ; vr.nrcnier.t of Colored People, read : 11 as follows:*j ' ? . - ' ?. s | .Joining In the invitation of the lo- ; y , . a1 hraneh of your'Association, Call- i -, fornia wi'l .be delighted to have, you ; e ' hold your next annual meeting in our Z 1 l.Tell St to7. 77 ? ; " r ' StgnctK T" r C. YOUNG, Governor, rid Mayor Cryer's telegram read .as. e follows: y In support-of invitation of the 16n i ill l:V?Jwli i f viiiir-nxcvn5/m i' trit'Ae -f-ine piea--uve in behalf of citizens -of?1 I i,os' An<_e.!osto/"invite. you to -hold5 j'yoHii?ecy annual iiu-effing in this ; I city.. , l\ ,r,(l ivg<*t>is ami be&t wi. hes? < I. for success of yowl* present eonvcni tion. . " j i-f Signed, ' ' : M- . (.tKORCK E. CRY Kit. Mayor" 7 .if-; ' --?* ' ;_NE?RO 3QCIAL ?? a! WOKERS NAMED I . '?I ?T ? / ' ?7 i- July lk U)27 the Division of Ncf, gro Work, North Carolina State o Board cef--Chni*ities started a new i- and more extensive, state-wjdq social - j wxdfare--program. Announcement is l-rj made by Lieut, Lawrence' A. Ojcley, Director, of the^ appointment of C. U Crawford* as. members of the stall" e .?f the Iiivisu^i ,of Negro Work.; /?.* n i (none!, Yirgi'nw, iS a graduate or llow\ d i aid University and New York School; fcr1 of Social Work, and prior to his presa I ent appointment, served as Boys' t Worker lJGth Street Branch Y. M. C. d . A., New_York tiny, and apeeinbwork^ o | or at the-Children's Temporary Home s | School, (Washington-, D. C. Mr. Car-i ej vingtort will give special study to two | Crime and Negro" Child Welfare in j i- North Carolina. !- Miss Crawford is a native of South > i i- -Carolina and,a product of the South j >?Carolina?.State ('ollouti,,?Orangeburg, [ i d H. C . and since leaving Oratrgohnrg, r~ ~ has made hot* home in Charlotte, N. ' V C. Th her new duties with the T?i-! e vision, Miss Crawford, wilj he assis- i a" tant to Mr. Ox ley and haw fhnTjga of case recorder ? ?-?- ( 1 (Continued on Page Eight) ? ?a* tion Cc rged With ?TS RIO' . - ?-?v.-? COLUMBIA, k,U,SAT fins Set ENTION G WILLIAM PICKENS ADDRESSES MEET 7 . Where There is no Segregation There is no Race Problem, ~ Declared Pickens * MDIEXCE SPIvLP-ROUNIi Dr. Pickens Declared that For bidding of Interracial Marriagesiis a Weakness ; w? Indianapolis, June 28?"Racial seg rogation is synonymous, \vjth rac< iiohlcm." declared William Pickens ( el orator and?Filed?Secretary ol he National Association for the Ad anlcehicnt of Colored People, speak n'g at iUjmass meeting in Caleb Mills hr'l at* the 18th Annual Xhmfei'enct ?f. the Association, last flight. ' Where there is ho segregation h! ) < is iin problem," continued?M Tokens* "The amount and-the mean less of the problem varies exaetlj vnh ike exj-ent or degree of the seg x-'glition. " ii ,is clearc that there'.can be nc uch thing as equality for a domina imals take on the color and the shapi *7Cih?rtf erivirdmiumt fqr aelf-protec tion?not benrose they think the en ...... (Continued On Page Eight) " . : j ' ed "group.'if it be publicly segrega cd ironi the- dominating?and* con caticn oil the trains and other publi* . arricrs the weaker lace is .not gdinf. 0 be given the better accommoda ions; nor will it be given 'equal ant eparate accomodations. For t< jiink that people are not lift to rid* n your coach and to think- at th* aine time that they are fit. to rid* 11 a coach as good as your coach'i: 1 p ychological impossibility. Th* .vords 'separate but equal aeconimo taiions' in segregation laws are z jure legal fiction. --Every sound min* tttwws - thin real -equality udder sucl qonditions is tneither possible noi lesired. The fight for equality o: ipporttmrty, is essentially a tight ^a Auinst public, segregation. "A similar weakeness is inheren in laws forbidding mariage betweei wo racial groups. The fyrmal mar riage is the only thing prevented b; n'ich laws while the natiiVal mar i ia'ge goes on unchecked. There an nillions-of niulattoes in this countr; sconce if it hftd been necessary b prepare for the existence by con ; iact .1 If tt)P right "f armta-get ha, been strictly enforced instead of be ing denied itv would-have-- ed'eqUraih prevented the existence of nine-tenth of them. Thb most elfective checl races, th?*>strictest equality in l&w If the fentale of the weaker grou] had?Uu^vight -to enforce ceremonia ifta^riage whenever nat oral mar ridge was forced on her then race prejudice, caste pride, am economic interests would tend ti iiiscomnge the natural unions. If j law w'ere passed compelling whit ipen to man y the colored women wit] a horn they are living or^by whon i hey may have a chi^-'such a lav Would prevent "inore "mi^iegenatio? in J2 ,>)iqjiths; than a law phohibitinj marriage could ever prevent in 11 generations. "Colored Americans are often a'c used of .'ur.mting tA he while' vyhoi Ah an they really want is the freedon vqft prlvllefes?nf U'hitu nup?imu?-A-rr ~T. * mses R ~~Indifference r TRIAL ;t to ? ? embodied in ameliorating race prejut dice and promoting: interracial -comi- j nl.ty the church as such will proceed on Iy as Vapidly as the pulpit and other Y influences educate the ran klind lile.' Any minister- can - within five years1 e put his congregation'behind any reaY sonabje forward step." 0 FINAL CALL TO' THE BAPTISTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. j y By the time- many readers of this article will have ..read these lines, ^ the great host of preachers, Sunday , South Carolina will be~gefting_jeady : to invade""* Charleston, the highly 4 cultured and- Christian people who do business by th'e sea. I hereby make this final call for a j full mobilization of all forces to be at Morris Street Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 13th, foy. the great ^"trpentng occasion at &T30 p. m. j^-j?I appeal- to every member of the"1 j executive board to be present at 3:30 ' v j p. m., and also every president, of a , j district Sunday School Convention in _ | the State. . , .' 2 * Come prepared to stay through | Monday, July 18th, bring along your I . Bible, note books and pencils?come j 1 . with-prayer upon your lips and the t J spirit of God "in your h^ftfls." i I The programs may be seen 1n our -! leading colored?newspapers.?ft?is-1e I ample, shows progressiveness. 1 s Remember, abov^ atfj?to bring?a? . i long your endowment money for ! { Benedict and Morrik College. %I * " , , <. > * U KliA X, ^UL^-4^04^7 iooI Segi mference E OES^ TO LO: ( . . > .J CONDEMNS FOR ' RACE RELATIONS b ' , Temperance Only Social Reform Attribute# to Churches, Says- Social Leader I SPLIT ON? SLAVERY Churches Act on- Prohibition Only After Members Had Recome Teetolars Indianapolis, June 25?Dr. Alva W. ; Taylor, Social Service Secretary^ of , the Disciples Church, in his address f- hrst?night before the 'ISth Annual " Conference here of the National As j sociation for the Advancnieent of'Col5 j <)red People,. sharply condemned the i j white churches of America for their | inu hi ere nee to tne problems of race , I relations. j; ' . , "In no single great social reform-p - in the history of the United States; r except that of temperance have the - churches . taken the lead,"* said Dr. Taylor. "Oh the slavery issue sever-I ) al of. the large churches split and j. ; the? split took "place on Mason's and . Dixon's line. Those that did hot di. -vide simply ignored the issue. On r the prohibition issue churches acted { only-after a majority of their nienir bers hud become teetotalers-and those . denominations' that did not make' tee-; ] totalisin a virtue did [not espouse } the cause prohibition.- On the race ? issue today we do not find the ehur-1 ,j chos?as such taking a position inuch ; in advance of other organizations. 5 As compared with many free social ; organizations they are belated on . this issue. The Ku Klux dvlan _ was t made up to a large degree of .ardent1 \ church members. In this citv a white p., .in churches. . . *' 1 f -"In the question of churcn leader-' - ship in social reforms such, as that - - Try- . ?jmi: ;.ii|iwi ace Pre e To Color TO ASSO ' 1 _ . i '~T " f . $ ' - J_ [ egmiuii nds Brilliar s^ngedes KENNEDY CHARGED WITH ASS A l'l.T Negroes J'reviously Thought to ^ Ijave~>j4ttrk*(i Riot |nnofont of Crime ~ . \VH m:s. \ or \ Kr: no i:< T...? r__ ' Vssociation H:ts Taken in Many Members-Since the Trial : Started . r=- ;? V>. New York. '.Ivily 1?-Thy trial of jra Ki'iiiitfUy, U.e--whtH- mail ayc.tirvd-. of thy assault of which N\j?.roys vvc:;e- . ' it lirst said,u> Tn-'jruu.y TiTT ! lay.. roujrhi. about -rioXiny; in Ciptfeyville. . a ansa's, is . boinjEj pished,. accurdiny '' .0* Attorney" Klisha Scott who*"was ' fe lamed by thV' National A.s.=ocialon for the Advancement of Cob>)vd V i'ecpl.e. Mr. Scbit in his jy|nn;t fp'tiie K X. A, A. C. 1\ says:?V-??-?:? "I was in Court WetntPsdsiy... J tine i 22, and heard Aiartruerite A keys '.u st-i- j < yer to Jgji Kennedy, white man chart*- < ed with rape and also to Julia .Mooii- U ey,. charged with beiny an accessory .> before the l'aet.'and say in a thai-Ira > Kennedy assaulted for -ind r'ti u C k'l'oes did not. do it and that Julia e< Mooney had advanced 'the, NY a to. tiieoy and that J-ulai .Mooney and her X mot hey h+el msistedA that slier M-ar?rr yuerite Aktb's; sj'ick; to the X'eyfo , ht'ofy,"* y* : " v Tt Att-'ornfy Scott furthermore r.o- f. < ports his belief tla^t: tlie iudeiitiiig^" I tu>o_of Ira Kennedy by?tjuc yirl, do- rT spite, contlijtiny testimony oifered .* ay the focal sheritf, wd-ftn?stttbetvOr- A T*r convict the whi^e man. ? Mr. Scott further reports that since . this rase was undertaken, - the -Acsts h ciuUun-4m^ t 1 A and will probably .have tyJly per cent i of the crdored poynilation of tlie "tdwnT t" "The spirit is hiyrh and Ureal pro Ye far the X. A. A. C. IV ' { jjo HONOR DR. .11. \\. i.ONtK i'AS- b ?TOR OF FIRST CAI.VARYIBAR- I7" 1 ist nir it( h?cm. - . . () ["7* . ? i ' ." ' . * i! The Baptist MvnisteCs' t'nion met i at its regular meeting pkicV'tF.hor- .; ni'zcr. Baptist I Church). .. \VcdncVday, !y' business ano to "perfect a program v. *n recognition of. the splendid aml^uso- ^ fill service_Ayhi. l) I>r. Lonif has rcn.u>vr-cr -to help mankind live bettyr J Jives and to make "the. Kingdom of V (rod" ft reality itv the hearts of mop. ~r This program.- an expuession_ of ap- > preciation, is t<? ho rendered at First y Calvary Baptist Church, -Monday ev- s ervinpr, .hily 11; the public is" most 1 vwrdiiflly ' mvii i-if" ? I)r. Long leaves Wedfiesrfay. duly ; T3?if... To...K." ..... V- . -Tl- ^ ' v?I? .y. I'^i iii.viv"* *7? * nc \ hits accepted the pastorate of ..the Macedonia Baptist church. ' . The otlicers and nieurtflrnT of. .\Jaee- ( dorrtli Fiipfist ehureh are to be eon- > gratulated in securing., the -services !\ of this high class Christian minister. '* The Baptist Ministers' Union.' of whicfi I>r. hong was Dean .and the _i citizens' ot'" the city of Columbia avi 11 miss him, but he will carry with him 1 their-best wiahoa.^?? - - - ' ???- -t Iljyitist Ministers' I'nionT^ PROF JOHN R. WILSON. Chr.. PROF; E. H,- TREZEVANT, Sec. ~y_-/ . * . ' ' .0;.^ ' A, i. ; ' ' . * ^ " :V. ' V >blems Problems t : ::7m -? ~ ' ' p^r- 1 r-T? ? t 1? - ' ^ -c- A ' OPV -V-~' i.t \ -r -t V ?'? . " y " f ' - / * * * ^ 1) Alt ROW SPEAK. _ . ;^t* : > .. - -1- ^ '- *-" ' ' .1 V:. ^ L .\. ri^uimi ~T~~r~ .: Mi i'- : r,\ '/.nun fhile \f?v. list ;in*} l'Jii; vright < ONThil.-viX.KLAN ? l! t ntri, ?:?X. .1.?I'ml Tick AiR r- T (l.i -s .M'vvl'n;-:'T.ild of Le . i); p ' ( I -us mans : ir'...:.- ."-.T-- - >>;. 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' I',.. i-niit-.Ahi'ii.v^pevi.*' ty-rhv. huo.d- ~T i. i\ier ai n.itiiu-i:ri;..n U ;.ms. - Tii.' l.'iaht' nu ctii\::s, htf-Ul irT7 . aji-b Aii:'!iia.i. .weft ntti ntieii by - " ~r Tmiem'v.- 'm' I.Tmi .v)a. lirortU spirit- """ 5?7 7" .1 iiUiSual -i a,i:.s.. .. Aiiihiij;. the ' peakc-i s- at-uin- N\ A. .j\ C?n- ' I'l l lift- V.i ii .Ciuvet-ll. t: l lil .! nf ^ - I.Ii iaaam.'i? n i? s ; v i?;!i" H .?: ;? {- v.-t-rt?'?v.1 tin; Cn:i:'.!v::(v; Coil lys.-.niau 'Maintl.l'j.-ii. .Ir..New ' , -ril'H; M-ffrr?Vl i . a ! l{ tt -.'i fttf-" ? tvsS i? j i'.re i;t" y'.li; }iv?vi>;i\' yi, cat- .. FplJ lYi-Oj-r- ill. tilt* -\V HI* \vh(>ltl " " . > ' V rr.Hniiii?i.ri?i: -iVn .UYjlVuV Alex-'. " *****?-7?; (.'! m. 'I'n?B?r?u; Hi. in" .'I'l'iiritiji Uoft. hii> -torn \cno. hi' k\A'' f.;' a ru-iv Sr>titn-1 . .. ... ' ''v?Wr/iiv tVa;y i:s t,i! .tia (,'une-- - l ' . X. C. .. .' .ev? i-><; 1 i. I'iiOvtor (11' the Division of' . Sn., ,t.;, . ?n4. -St-atv- -of - . ' ' * ' .'-pal.1 ' ?hy- s.U''?3: :-'r~ taker. ;n .Sr:iu :? y.ntfuvp li'K-a: iviia! on;. < a?M(yi for. colored liiltKon :ai.u si auC;U.? -iiii inst ithtions . _ . . . i'.i.ivhi'ir'.K-f.i'nu.yv. ... . t 'lie IS. i l ? I ?nitrVnV;,. .1. ^I'lvde- - a k. U)t' ? ntvd . P.tr.rnc y c>f Cojum'-'. ia. >vi:;li < ;u > hr.n. Vyid, ol' the Ivjral ?aj <:>> ?;f ,1TH ' 1 Orjrrrr~'Tht.y?~ . . " r a J'e .tukvji ..lauV.s Altwh; Son; h ' a'1 i >;;:. a ja I arid ly sichcd . by a 'umh nit the i onni\jiir.ee of tin- local offi- ; IM'tC lit' the i.TU.,- : ? ? ? ? 1 0*' 1. no. i* a..v.a i s> i. t i m- OaiW . - . * rvtTice -v..;:- d< IVclvtl Uj;', .1 u'Efjrti.* Ira y. . iu\ n, ;hi Way?u* ('oitnty Cir* t,iv.l-:.rrHr iT':,',.|;. a th?- . -V. A. \ . V. l-V.ai(! 'hf Iiirect. iv. i'h'o urjri il t > .tand to.- " other ar.d support the N. \. A. C. . "" ll 1 M'i l!':t a, t'l^ ( ^-'icrc-Prc- '7" Wj-jjuJr ^-;K: yV: - :r,i 1 .,^-IHI : i': . .Mva IVyinv; 'S i; 1 >e;.'vicc S.of'Vtirvy ' tin' I i.-'cipif- Clutch ..in Iiull.'inapr;. "Tim i:. Aim hinvr. in. the il-re Problem;" Ohas. Jn]in!?"n. Editor "Opportunity" _la?a jne, /.'The. t h..n^in>r Economic. hatr.s of the Noism;'*_Mrs. J3? Joe R.ovn Vi?-c-I1ros'i;!cnl of the NnHakLL-lNiSMir illl inn of Cnloi'od ' ' ?? ft* n. "'! li'c ('( lni'dl- Woinaw arid tin* ' , lacT"Pr 'Itn;" Dr; W. E./'B. f)u ]iu?.>tu'>i>i Man'hm h " ft " Vn*art:" ;i'ij H'sh^n W. T. .Vrrriofl Vthe A. '.M. K. ChnW-h. , ?? f One of the outstanding events of , , . ?? .(Continued on Page Eight) "F "'- ' ' . '